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P. A. SMITH, Jr.

BUTTON AND FASTENER.

No; 324,890. Patented Aug. 25, -1885.

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FRANKLIN A. Sh IITH, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 324,890, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed August 25, 1884.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMrrr-r, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons and Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifiea tiou.

My present invention relates to a new and useful improvement in buttons, and of that class which are attached to fabric without the aid of a settinginstrument.

To this end my invention consists, essen- 2 represents the washer used in connection with my improved button. Fig. 3 represents my improved button as attached to fabric. Fig. 4 represents a modified form of button.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents my improved button,which consists ofthe head a, composed of leather, pulp, or other suitable substance, provided on its lower surface with a pin or stud, I), the upper portion of which is secured to the said head, the lower portion terminating in the enlarged end 0, as shown in l ig. 1. The cnlargementis preferably formed of a. ball shape, which allows a greater freedom of movement when attached to fabric.

B is the metallic disk or washer of a concave-convex form. The central portion of the washer is provided with an indentation, b formed from the outer or convex side, corre- (No model.)

spending in form and size to the end 0 of the button-pin. The washer is further provided with a slot or aperture, 0, extending from the indentation b to the outer edge of the washer, of sufficient width to allow the pin 1) to pass through it, as fully shown in Fig. 2.

In the operation of attaching my improved button, the end 0 of the button-pin b is thrust through the fabric from the outer surface, af ter which the slot b of the washer B is passed over and above the enlarged end 0 until the indentation I) is reached, when the end 0 is sprun g into said indentation, securely locking the button and washer together on the fabric, as fully shown in Fig. 3.

To facilitate the passage of the button pin b through the fabric, I may, if deemed preferable, sharpen the lower portion of the enlarged end 0, makin" it selfpenctrating, as shown in Fig. 4.

I have shown the enlarged end of the buttonpin of a ball shape. Any desired form may be used which would be a substantial equivalent to the one herein shown.

I am thus enabled to provide a cheap and inexpensive button and fastening device, easily applied, and which admits being used a' number of times, none of the parts being destroyed in detaching.

The washer herein shown and described is the same as claimed by myself in Patent No. 272,913, of February 27, 1883. I therefore make no claim herein to the washer otherwise 

